Call for Papers: 44TH ANNUAL (2009) JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING RESEARCH CONFERENCE



                         REQUEST FOR PAPERS


          44TH ANNUAL (2009) JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING RESEARCH
                            CONFERENCE


               CAPITAL MARKETS RESEARCH IN ACCOUNTING



     The 2009 Journal of Accounting Research conference will be
     held at the Graduate School of Business of the University
     of Chicago on May 8-9, 2009.


     We encourage the submission of papers across a broad range
     of topics related to the role of financial reporting in
     capital markets.



     TOPICS:


     We invite the submission of theoretical, empirical, and
     clinical studies related to the conference topic. For
     example, we are interested in papers that provide insights
     into any of the following issues:


     - The informativeness of accounting numbers, broadly
       defined, with respect to price formation in capital
       markets.
     - The relation between key accounting numbers, such as
       earnings, and securities prices.
     - The relation between manager's voluntary disclosure
       choices and capital markets.
     - How taxation affects the relation between accounting
       numbers and capital markets.
     - Changes over time in the relation between numbers
       reported in the financial statements and securities
       prices.
     - The extent to which behavioral theories can explain
       aspects of the relation between accounting numbers and
       capital market.
     - Whether auditing practices affect the relation between
       security prices and accounting numbers.
     - International differences in the relation between
       financial reporting decisions and capital markets.



     PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:


     Papers should be submitted electronically through the links
     provided on the Journal of Accounting Research Web site at:


                    http://www.chicagogsb.edu/jar/


     The submission fee is $400.00. The deadline for submission
     of papers is January 5, 2009.
Posted 03/18/08